Fifty years ago the world experienced a moment of unbelievable
tragedy. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22,
1963. As with any tragedy, the Challenger explosion, 9/11, many people remember
exactly where they were and what they were doing when it happened. If you
weren’t born yet or you were very young, you almost certainly have an
understanding of how these kinds of events impact everyone.

MPTV invites you to remember, this pivotal moment in
history with our historical programming on MPTV’s Channels 10 and 36. Our
programming looks at many aspects of the tragedy including our own look back at
the Wisconsin/Kennedy connection, how television brings us closer together in
times of crisis, and the man himself. Travel
with us as MPTV steps back to a more innocent time and the events that shaped
where we are today.

November 1 at
8pm on MPTV 10.1/36.2 and November 3 at 8am on MPTV 36.1

This moving
documentary looks at the broadcast coverage of the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy. Stressing how closely the medium and television audiences are
joined in times of crisis, the program offers one of the first broadcast
examinations of how local journalists, in 1963, delivered rapidly breaking news
to a nation in despair. Jane Pauley narrates.

As we approach the
50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, MPTV takes
a look at the relationship between Kennedy and Wisconsin, and revisits his
campaign here, his presidency, and his assassination. Producer Dan Jones talks
to people who knew Kennedy, and to others who simply admired him.

American Experience
offers a fresh assessment of John F. Kennedy, his accomplishments and his
unfulfilled promise. Beginning with Kennedy’s childhood years as the privileged
but sickly second son of one of the wealthiest men in America, the film
explores his early political career as a lackluster congressman, his successful
run for the U.S. Senate, and the game-changing presidential campaign that made
him the youngest elected president in U.S. history.

PART TWO

November 12 at
8pm on MPTV 10.1/36.2

American Experience
offers new perspectives on John F. Kennedy's complicated private life,
including his relationship with his wife, his close connection to his younger
brother, Robert, and his complex bond with his powerful father. It also
reevaluates Kennedy’s strengths and weaknesses in the Oval Office as he navigated
some of the most explosive events of the 20th century: the disastrous failure
at the Bay of Pigs, the urgent demands of an increasingly impatient Civil
Rights Movement, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the escalating conflict in
Southeast Asia.

For decades, the
assassination of John F. Kennedy has fueled dark rumors of conspiracies and
mishandled evidence. Now, 50 years later, NOVA asks: Could modern investigators
do better? See how state-of-the art forensic tools would be applied to the
investigation were it to happen today.

This episode
chronicles minute-by-minute the assassination of JFK, as it was revealed in the
CBS newsroom from the moment the President was shot until Walter Cronkite's
emotional pronouncement of his death, one hour and eight minutes later.

Based on Larry
Sabato's book, "The Kennedy Half Century," this documentary
chronicles the impact and influence of John F. Kennedy's life, administration
and tragic death on the general public, the media and every subsequent U.S.
president.

FRONTLINE marks the
50th anniversary (2013) of John F. Kennedy's assassination with a reprise of
its investigative biography of the man at the center of the political crime of
the 20th century. At the heart of the assassination lies the puzzle of Lee
Harvey Oswald. Twenty years ago, in the most comprehensive attempt on American
television to penetrate this enduring enigma, FRONTLINE's investigative team
spent more than a year reexamining Oswald's life and sifting through the
psychological, political, and forensic evidence of his role in the
assassination. Traveling to Japan, Russia, Europe, Mexico, Canada and across
the United States, the team uncovered new witnesses, documents, photographs,
video and audio recordings of Lee Oswald, many of which had never before been
made public.